<p class="Head3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>How do you align characters in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Math quickly and easily?</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To accomplish this, you must define empty groups and character strings. They do not require any space, but carry information that helps in the alignment process.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To create empty groups, enter curly brackets <span class="T1">{}</span> in the command window. In the following example, the goal is to achieve a line break so that the plus signs are beneath one another, even though one less character is entered in the upper line:</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Empty character strings are a simple way to ensure that texts and formulas are left-aligned. They are defined using double inverted commas "" . Make sure you do not use any typographic inverted commas. Example:</p>
